Kishidan does theme for upcoming movie about Mazinger Z

Rock band and Music Corner alum Kishidan revealed they will be doing the theme song for the upcoming movie 「前田建設ファンタジー営業部」(Maedakensetsu fantajī eigyōbu) which is set to debut in theaters January 31. The new song is being titled “Kyou Kara Oretachi wa!!” and will be released February 26. Bandai has already dropped a trailer for the upcoming movie during which you can hear the theme song in the background. “Kyou Kara Oretachi wa!!” has been performed in some live performances and is always a crowd-pleaser.  It is being released in two editions total, a standard edition which will be CD-only and a CD + DVD edition which will come with a bonus DVD featuring the music video for the title track and the documentary Kishidan Banpaku 2019. Pre-orders are up and posted below along with the preview for Maedakensetsu fantajī eigyōbu so be sure to check those out.

Standard Edition

CD plus DVD Edition

Music Corner Week 10: Kishidan

For this week’s Music Corner we cover the ever-cool rock band Kishidan. Kishidan started back in 1997 as a four-member group; Show Ayanocozey is the group’s frontman and the main vocalist for the group, who also happens to be DJ Ozma. Hikaru Saotome provides the dance moves for the group along with his screaming talents when needed. Hitomi Saionji and Hoshi Grandmarnier—the latter who joined the group in 1999—serve as guitarists while the last member to join—also in 1999—was Shouchikubai Shiratori, the bass guitarist.

Kishidan is a well-oiled machine full of personality led by the dragon-like vocals of Show Ayanocozey whose ability to match his tone to the music is unparalleled. Both guitarists write fun riffs that are a blast to listen to. Their music videos are fun to watch as well; each video is full of energy and usually features a crazy scenario like in their music video for “The Weekend Bancho” in which they wind up fighting a robot that’s gone crazy. Each member of Kishidan sports a huge pompadour and wear old styled school uniforms. Everything that Kishidan does is done with a touch of humor and a fondness of the gangs and values of yesterday. They tend to have appeal toward the younger generations because their songs are mostly about motorcycles, being with one’s gang, conflicts with school, and adolescent love.

Kishidan is under Avex Trax for their record label and are managed under Sony Music Artists. Since Kishidan’s formation they have released fourteen albums, their latest 万謡集 (Manyoshu), which was out August 9 of 2017. They have also released twenty singles, many of which featured in anime and dramas. Kishidan’s last single was “Running Man” which dropped August 30 of 2017. You can follow Kishidan on Twitter and give their official site a look.

Jump Festa Adds New Artist And Artist Line Up Dates!

The popular comic company Shonen Jump announced not too long ago that they will be having a music festival based on all of their series called JUMP MUSIC FESTA, We spoke of this news previously for their initial artist lineup, but now they have announced that SPYAIR will be joining as well. Also announced were the lineup dates for the artists. Currently, KANA BOON and BiSH are performing on July 7th and SPYAIR and Little Glee Monster performing on the 8th.

You can check out the artist lineup here or simply keep an eye on our posts for additional updates!

Shonen Jump first music festival artists has been revealed!

The popular comic company Shonen Jump announced that they will be having a music festival based on all of their series called JUMP MUSIC FESTA. They announced yesterday the first set of artist that will be participating in the festival: KANA-BOON, 氣志團 (KISHIDAN), BiSH, and Little Glee Monster. All four artist have sung opening and ending theme songs for various Shonen Jump anime. We can't wait for the announcement of more artists!

For those who are interested in going, it will be on July 7th and 8th at the amazing Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa, Japan.

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